Friday 18 March 2011

U 238.

Uranium, buried deep,
as old as Earth itself.
Lurking,
awaiting E=MC2

Tested on Humans.
Its power unleashed.
Unprecedented,
protracted destruction.

Japan, of all nations
should have resisted
its sinister benefits
and reminded us…









‘Nuclear revenge
Awaits those
Who dare
To seek its exhumation’.

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Chernobyl revisited.


6 comments:

  1. powerfully thought provoking, excellent.

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  2. Quite literallly, Japan was between a rock and a hard place.

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  3. Very powerful. Loved this.

    Pearl

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  4. Excellent stuff Stafford - love the last stanza the best.

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  5. I, also, would've thought Japan would be the last place to use nuclear power. Let's hope it all turns out for the best.

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  6. a powerfully strong poem- well done

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